Scaffoldings 17: Dealing with Finance

May 16, 2017August 1, 2017 selvam Scaffoldings

17 Self Reliance
17.1 Accounting
Objectives:

To understand the different styles of handling conflicts.
To be able to assess one’s own style of conflict resolution.

17.2 Planning Skills
Objectives:

To understand the aspects involved in planning for an event.
To acquire skill in planning an event.

17.3 Budget
Objectives:

To understand the aspects of budgeting.
To be able to do a budgeting for a youth event.

17.4 Investigating your Resources
Objectives:

To understand the means available in a particular area for financial investment even with small amounts.

Scaffoldings 18: Creativity Skills

May 16, 2017August 1, 2017 selvam Scaffoldings

18 New Wine in New Wineskins
18.1 Creative Person
Objectives:

To understand the meaning of creativity.

18.2 Test your Creativity
Objectives:

To understand further meaning of creativity.
To test one’s creativity through a simple test.

18.3 Creativity in Problem Solving
Objectives:

To understand the mindset for creativity.
To be able to use creativity in problem solving.

18.4 Six Thinking Hats
Objectives:

To understand the concept of Thinking Hats.
To be able to use different thinking styles.

Scaffoldings 19: Career Skills

May 16, 2017August 1, 2017 selvam Scaffoldings

19 What Can I DO
19.1 Transferable Skills
Objectives:

To understand the concept of Transferable Skills.
To be able to transfer some skills to working environment.

19.2 What do I want to be?
Objectives:

To understand the meaning of job satisfaction.
To be able to start thinking about a job that will give one satisfaction.

19.3 Making a Decision
Objectives:

To be able to use a method of decision making.
To come up with one’s career objectives.

19.4 Getting Closer – Interview and C.V
Objectives:

To understand the dynamics in an interview.
To be able to write a good CV and face interview.

19.5 Soup for the Soul – Meaning of Work

Scaffoldings 20: Youth Spirituality

May 16, 2017August 1, 2017 selvam Scaffoldings

20 Even You Can
20.1 Called to be Perfect
Objectives:

To understand the meaning of being holy.
To understand aspects of youth spirituality.

20.2 Celebrating Life in Happiness
Objectives:

To understand the meaning of true happiness and celebration of life.

20.3 Fulfilling Daily Duties
Objectives:

To understand the role of work in daily life.
To be convinced that spirituality is lived out in daily life.

20.4 Accepting Suffering
Objectives:

To understand meaning of union with God in relation to spirituality.

20.5 Union with God
Objectives:

To understand meaning of union with God in relation to spirituality.

20.6 Discovering One’s Calling
Objectives:

To understand the meaning of vocation.
To be able to relate meaning in life to vocation.

20.7 Social-Political Involvement
Objectives:

To understand that true spirituality makes one be part of the society.

20.8 Being Part of the Church
Objectives:

To understand one’s role in the church.
To be able to have a right model of church.

Sermon for 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Homily

February 23, 2017February 24, 2017 selvam Year A

To understand the impact of ‘persistent worrying’ here is an illustration. Take a pen in hand and hold it with two fingers. Would it be difficult? Not yet? Keep holding it for five minutes. What happens? The pen is becoming heavier, cumbersome, and the centre of your attention. Keep holding it for ten minutes. What is it like? It is unbearable and heavy. You just want to get rid of it. Yes, it is easy to get rid of the pen. But we find it so difficult to get rid of our worries. They hurt, we still hold on to them.
In the gospel text of today, as we continue to listen to his Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us: do not worry. Be free!
What is worry? It is the mental process of rumination about a negative experience. It is a […]